writing is...

[kassidy62]

one big long communication, from author to reader. Funny how lonely it can make you feel. 

I don't think it's the actual act of doing it that's lonesome. Maybe the one-sided nature of it, maybe like talking to your teenager about something hugely important (to you at least), and in the end not knowing how much he/she listened/cared/thought. 

Of course, some authors get lots of letters that let them know what the reader thought--more than they can respond to, practically speaking. 

Wonder if that's more stressful?

Comments

[thayln.livejournal.com]

You're not alone. I'm here. See?

*waves*

*jumps up and down*

I'm the one tangled up in calculator paper with the bad hair wot so needs to be cut.

*jumps up and down some more*

I'm here and I love your writing, so there.

*jumps some more, enphatically*

'k bye.

[kassidy62.livejournal.com]

a voice from the wilderness! (hugs you fiercely)
Hey, and my hair so sucketh right now - I'm trying to grow layers out. Boy do I look like shit.

Thank you, thayln - so glad you *are* still here:)

[tipitiwitchet.livejournal.com]

Oh, babes, I love your stuff. I loved your DC story, and your SH stories, and your POTA stories, and your Charmed stories, and your original stories. Love them. Fiercely. Much as I love you fiercely.

No be lonely, k?

[kassidy62.livejournal.com]

You love my Charmed stories? I can no longer trust your judgment (wink wink)

I was wondering if you still liked them, being that your mindset has changed lately. And I was wondering if you liked our Saturdays still. Just a little! You know me.

Love you fiercerily.

[tipitiwitchet.livejournal.com]

Wow, am I that much of a bitch? I suppose I am. I don't mean to be, which of course, doesn't really help at all.

But your writing? Don't ever doubt that it's good. Babe, it's so good.

[kassidy62.livejournal.com]

what, crazy girl, did I say you were being bitchy? Course not. Just waiting out the changes and being my usual confident self (not)

[tipitiwitchet.livejournal.com]

No, Petal, you didn't say I was being bitchy. Making you feel bad makes me a bitch. I know you don't see it that way-I do.

I love Saturday nights with you. Don't know what I'd do without you.

[sjames-centre.livejournal.com]

Writing is sort of like going to a movie alone- it can be great fun, but who do you talk about it with after?

That's why we're all feedback whores at heart-we just want to know someone gets it besides us.